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Channel 31 (31 Arna) is a privately owned entertainment and information television channel of Kazakhstan, broadcasting in Kazakh and Russian from Almaty. One of the country's oldest commercial broadcasters, it pairs its own news service with entertainment shows, sitcoms, cartoons, films and series for a family audience.

Founded in 1992, on air in 1993

The company was founded on 24 October 1992 by Armanzhan Baitasov and fellow businessmen, and the channel went on air on 12 April 1993 in Almaty on the 31st television frequency. Its earliest output was the listings programme Telehyd, the business bulletin Biznes-Bloknot and a classified-ads show called Supermarket, screened between films.

Informburo and the news brand

In 1995 the business bulletin was rebuilt as a full news service, and in 1997 the news brand Informburo, today the channel's flagship news operation, moved to Channel 31. Its daily bulletins cover events in Kazakhstan and abroad.

Owners and national expansion

At the end of 2000 Baitasov sold his controlling stake to the businessman Bulat Utemuratov, and on 1 February 2001 the channel expanded to fourteen cities of Kazakhstan. Satellite distribution followed in July 2003. In February 2008 CTC Media bought 20 percent for 65 million dollars, bringing its series into the schedule alongside Turkish dramas acquired in 2009, and the channel took its bright-orange identity in a March 2020 rebranding.

Detki and the entertainment grid

The grid combines local and acquired content: entertainment shows, sitcoms, animation for children and premiere films. Channel 31 also produced Detki (2000–2002), described as the first student soap opera of the post-Soviet region.

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